Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law
January 14, 2016
In this March 23, 2010 file photo President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Protecting his signature domestic achievement, President Barack Obama vetoed legislation to repeal his health care law, saying to do so “would reverse the significant progress we have made in improving health care in America.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Protecting his signature domestic achievement, President Barack Obama on January 8, vetoed Republican-inspired legislation to repeal his health care law, saying to do so “would reverse the significant progress we have made in improving health care